Sweep's finally snapped

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I've got two boars, Sweep who is 17 weeks old and Fudge who is 9 weeks old. Up til now due to Sweep having been diagnosed with mange we have keep them in separate cages and once Sweep stopped scratching we have been letting them out to run on the floor together but always putting back in their own cages. They normally run round like mad piggies then Fudge starts trying to mount Sweep. Sweep bless him only shakes Fudge off, rumbles at him and sometimes wriggles his hips. I put them both in Sweeps cage Sunday evening with two of everything although they did squabble over Fudge wanting to be wherever Sweep was and Fudge was rather vocal there didn't seem to be any problems. My mom separated them again yesterday afternoon as Fudge wouldn't stop trying to mount Sweep and put Sweep in Fudges cage and Fudge in Sweep's. Last night when we let them out for a run round on the floor, Sweep's patience finally snapped and he reared up on his back legs and attacked Fudge. Is there anything I can do to stop Fudge trying to mount Sweep? Should I wait until Fudge is older before putting them back together? Sorry for waffling on a bit
 
We let them out together again last night and straight away there was loud teeth chattering from both so we separated them again. What should we do now?
 
You either have to sit it out and only separate when there are bloody fights but you want to do that when you have a whole day to watch them preferably on neutered ground; or you keep them apart - Sweep is now coming into the hormonal phase. It might help if you give them both a bath with the same shampoo before you do, but in the end it's down to whether they get along or not. Too many and too quick separations won't have helped the issue frankly.

For reintroductions:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38562

For boar behaviour and when to separate:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
 
It's really hard to know what to do for the best. I've been there myself so I really feel for you. I'm afraid I don't really have any advice but just wanted to wish you luck! I really hope they will bond properly so you can keep them together, if at all possible...but don't feel bad if their personalities won't allow that - sometimes it's just not possible, regardless of what you do to encourage them along x
 
Thank you. I'm really hoping they will get along too. Another member of this forum is going to help me bond them as I really don't have the experience to know what to do so I'm crossing both my fingers it will work :) If it doesn't I may look at getting them a new friend each assuming of course that Fudge can get over his wanting to mate with everything that moves!
 
I've got my fingers and toes crossed as I'd love them to be best friends. I'm really grateful to Donna for helping me out (big hug). I'm looking forward to having the little tikes back as my house is far too quiet without Fudges wheeking (I'm alive therefore I wheek) and Sweep's "let me out I want to run on the floor and under the chairs" cage biting
 
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I've showed the photo to a few of the girls at work and so far Fudge has 2 votes for cuteness and Sweep 1 vote. I think this may be because they adored the photo of Fudge when he was 4 weeks old and they thought Sweep looked like a rat :(
This is Fudge at 4 weeks old and Sweep at 13 weeks old
 

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So far so good they have been home for 2 1/2 hours and apart from Fudge trying to mount Sweep every so often (Sweep's started to put his bum on the floor which puts Fudge off) and some rumbling from Fudge there's been no fights

This photo is for Donna :)

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That is great news, fingers crossed that the joy continues!
 
First fight today, just jumping up and teeth chattering which lasted as long as it took my mom to fetch some grass from outside. They started after I took them both out, put them side my side on my lap and brushed Fudge (who has managed to get 2 knots near his bum which I've tried to cut out with partial success). What would be worse for the little lads - not brushing Fudge for a couple of days or having them fight every time I put them back in?
 
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